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In reply to the discussion: Where do Michelle Rhee's children go to school? Glad you asked.... [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(27,352 posts)98. It's an Angry Attack Muffin.
And leave him out of this!!!! He is a minor!!!!!
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Where do Michelle Rhee's children go to school? Glad you asked.... [View all]
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
OP
I find it disgusting, bringing children into a political fight. We have no idea why that family
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#12
Have you noticed that NOT ONE POSTER wants to talk about her kid in public school? Not one. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#60
Okay--she's got one kid in public schools, and one in private. So, her policies would
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#90
Yes, it does. I can't think of a more fitting example of "Do as I say, not as I do"
hatrack
Mar 2013
#263
She's got one in public, one in private, according to the link. How does that make her a hypocrite?
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#54
If you dont see it, then I doubt you are willing to listen to an explanation. If you support her
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#76
I have no support for Michelle Rhee, but I think bringing her kids into this discussion
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#79
Bringing America's children into a money making racket which is what she does, is
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#165
Ahem--one child is in public school, one in private. And she doesn't hold public office.
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#171
She may not hold public office, but she has the ear of a great number who do.
kcass1954
Mar 2013
#235
She's got one in public, one in private, according to the link. So is it that she hates one, likes
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#55
She's got one in public, one in private, according to the link. So what does that say? nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#57
My guess would be the younger daughter isn't old enough for the 5 - 12 private school, yet.
mojowork_n
Mar 2013
#68
Why do you presume the public school is second rate? And why do you presume Nashville
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#71
I'm not making that presumption. I'd actually bet the kid's enrolled in a totally OK school.
mojowork_n
Mar 2013
#73
Well, you are the one who used the term "second-rate" education. Why even bring the kids into this-
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#88
Comparing apples to apples, I said it wouldn't seem fair to send them to different high schools.
mojowork_n
Mar 2013
#96
Well, that's ultimately a decision that family gets to make. Your 2nd paragraph underscores a great
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#107
Obviously she doesn't--she has a child in public school in Nashville. Facts are good. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#172
I come by this information from the OP--read the links!! Rhee said one kid was in public school, an
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#177
Orrex, I never asserted or assumed that her child is 'special needs.' My kid is. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#185
The OP does not link to Rhee saying one of her children is in PS. This is what
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#193
Hey, aren't you brining the "other" public school kid in to your political argument?
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2013
#81
Dude--it's in the links provided by the OP. I say keep the kids out of it altogether. But be
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#83
I love Angry Attack Muffin!! We should have more bakery product avatars in general!. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#109
Forget the kids. They're not "brought in to it." But what about that husband?
mojowork_n
Mar 2013
#86
But you haven't demanded that Rhee keep the rest of our children 'out of it' have you?
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#223
Well, she's got one in public schools, and one in private. So, if you critique her on that, you've
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#82
Okay--so what's the relvancy of her having a kid in public, a kid in private schools? Instead of
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#93
I think the father has some say-so in this. Isn't the private school attendee there to be with him?
freshwest
Mar 2013
#260
The author of the OP is one of DU's finest. That was a blatant insult, Sid.
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#241
Yeah well, the NRA thought making a commercial about the Obama girls schpooling was appropriate, so
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#168
Oh, lordy--it would help if you read the thread. And I do not answer your questions. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#186
I don't construct strawmen, so careful where you wave that insinuation around.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#236
Funny thing...in Hawaii public school teachers tend to send their kids to private school,
dkf
Mar 2013
#2
yeah, cause they're all getting so rich on those big union salaries!!! wheee!!!!!!!!
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#3
Here's how think tanks like Heartland get those seemingly high results: They include administration
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#220
so your 'source' is a 1995 article from the conservative "Heartland Institute" propaganda tank,
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#7
I have never met a public school teacher who sent their kids to private schools.
duffyduff
Mar 2013
#145
When the Superintendent and the director of the BOE both send their kids to Iolani...
dkf
Mar 2013
#31
The way they collect those bogus statistics is by including administrators in the tally.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#248
DC (28%);Baltimore(35%);Phillie(44%);Chicago(41%)teachers w/kids in private schools
Divernan
Mar 2013
#113
Washington Times is NOT a reliable source and inner city school districts aren't representative
duffyduff
Mar 2013
#152
The Washington Times is an unreliable source for just about anything. They were
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#200
The Wash.Times study was in 2004, and the teachers' union has not refuted it.
Divernan
Mar 2013
#215
Baloney. It's a pack of lies, just like dkf's garbage about Social Security. n/t
duffyduff
Mar 2013
#140
he didn't have a teaching degree. he had an english lit degree. but from swathmore.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#9
You know those General Education requirements that everyone hates and calls useless.
JVS
Mar 2013
#249
Disgusting, bringing a person's minor children into a political fight. Absolutely revolting. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#11
My daughter goes to a religious school that accommodates her disability...the
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#25
I think it's disgusting when a family's only "option" is to have to pay money to go to a religious
Brickbat
Mar 2013
#28
I note that not a single poster has addressed the fact that one kid is in public school, one in
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#63
I think it's disgusting when someone like Rhee interferes with the decisions
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#197
I do not answer your questions anymore, Sabrina, but it is enjoyable to watch you try to pose them.
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#205
Did you miss the point where one child is in public schools, and one in private? I note that no one
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#59
You think there aren't private schools in Nashville that teach 4th grade and below? My critique is
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#77
I don't see this as, "bringing the children into it." The line of criticism here is entirely about
Dark n Stormy Knight
Mar 2013
#230
She's divorced. Are you sure she even makes that decision? Further, you have
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#36
How is she hypocritical? Once child is in public schools, one in private. You have no idea what
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#53
Well, don't facts bring an interesting change to your argument? Now you aren't concerned about
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#67
She's got a kid in public school. So that kid isn't 'protected.' And you have no idea why one
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#104
What did he nail? He forgot that one kid is in private school, one in public. It kinda blows his
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#61
Orrex, my special needs child is in private school because her public school district cannot
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#112
I find your suggestion disgusting---and let me tell you why. Her child's private needs, regardless
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#121
I don't have to offer any refutation to the idea that a child must have their privacy violated
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#148
If you can't 'win' a debate without involving people's minor children, you've lost. If this is what
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#163
I don't get this, in NY all special education is paid for/provided by public funding
Progressive dog
Mar 2013
#119
I'm in PA. But NY state parents will tell you the same thing--you can't make teachers accomodate
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#124
She's got one in public, one in private, according to the link. So how is she hypocritical? nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#58
On a similar note, my parents wanted me to attend a private school that required a 30+ minute
no_hypocrisy
Mar 2013
#40
The OP makes it sound like both attend Harpeth, And posters here should ask themselves why. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2013
#70
The promotional literature on Harpeth contradicts much of what she wants in public schools
lolly
Mar 2013
#196
Excellent point... Why isn't this Education reformer fighting for smaller class sized?
midnight
Mar 2013
#94
You don't have to support Michelle Rhee to say that I would also send my kids to this or one like
Pisces
Mar 2013
#101
I don't agree with this argument. Her reforms may be a beginning. But I don't think she or
Pisces
Mar 2013
#133
No one is attacking her for her that. What she is being criticized for is that
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#217
Rahm Emmuel pulling the same shit in Chicago w/his kids in elite private school.
Divernan
Mar 2013
#115
arne duncan went to the u of chicago lab school. he sends his kids to virginia public schools, but
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#226
That is the point, but the usual suspects want to claim all of these public school teachers,
duffyduff
Mar 2013
#153
Performance-based incentives for teachers, and increased options for parents
michigandem58
Mar 2013
#237
Even after the concerted effort of team blue to derail this, you're top of the greatest page!
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#239
"The comfort of the rich depends on an abundance of the poor." Voltaire
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#269
Thousands of miles from here, which is odd considering she lives here and is married to the mayor.
LeftyMom
Mar 2013
#273
I was wondering about that too, but since some of the articles made it sound like she herself
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#274